Gupte, M.2016-04-192016-04-192004Human Ecology 32(3): 365-3820300-7839http://hdl.handle.net/10919/68453Metadata only recordThis article seeks to identify how gender stratification and cultural norms impact women's participation in environmental policy projects through the examination of a community forestry project as a case study. The author suggests that women play a critical role in natural resource management, and are therefore major stakeholders that should participate in the development of environmental policies within a community. However, women are frequently excluded from policy-making processes due to their culturally defined status within society. The article concludes with recommendations for further research and the inclusion of marginalized groups in policy-making.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightWomenGovernment policyForestryGenderCommunity participationCommunity developmentSocial stratificationIndiaCommunity forestry programsNatural resource policiesGovernanceAbstractCopyright 2004 Plenum Publishing Corporation